Musculoskeletal clinic (updated per email from Jose Yasul, November 23, 2015)

This is a teaching clinic with most patients seen by a resident and an attending. One provider has background as a physical therapist and an ergonomics consultant and is certified as a hand specialist.

Please consider this clinic for your patients with problems that do not require orthopedic surgical consideration. We do joint injections. We initiate home exercise programs.

Clinic hours: Monday AM
Where: Martinez Building 1, 3 North
How to order: "Musculoskeletal" in ccLink

Patient types:
1) ER follow-up from the week before (Monday to Sudnay) with the following diagnoses
  • Fractures that do not need reductions (Boxer's, Nightstick, Jones', non-displaced distal fibula, clavicle, etc)
  • Acute sprains (ankle, knee, wrist)
  • Acromial-clavicular separations
2) Sports related / overuse injuries, e.g. chronic shoulder pain, chronic knee pain, chronic ankle/foot pain, recurrent ankle sprain, chronic wrist pain, rotator cuff / subacromial bursitis, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, etc.
3) Sports concussion evaluations for return to play protocol
4) No chronic neck or back pain, please



See also the ccrmc/Arthralgia or Joint pain or Arthritis|Arthrititis/Arthralgia/Joint Pain page

Rehab exercises for patients from Dr. Yasul
rehab exercises.pdf
  • Shoulder (Eng) - print page 1
  • Knee (Eng) - print page 2
  • Hand (Eng) - print page 3
  • Back (Eng) - print page 4
  • Knee (Spanish) - print page 5
  • Shoulder (Spanish) - print page 6

Joint injections from Dr. Yasul
Injections I do.doc - joint injections, and doseages chart

Knee exam

Clinic info
Jose Yasul's musculoskeletal clinic (as of September 2008)
  • Monday AM in Martinez, only
  • See back of MR-191 for referral guidelines
  • Jose Yasul created a list of suggested views when taking X-rays (last updated May 9, 2008): X-ray Views.


Total Joint Replacements

Total Joint Replacement Flow Sheet is now under Medical Forms, yellow star icon (per email Dave MacDonald 10/2010)

Other options for Total Joint Replacements for non-CCHP Medicare/Medical patients - outside of CCHP. (per Jan Diamond 9/2009)
These should be referred to our Orthopedics clinics. They will be managed thru the Total Joint protocol (email from Tremain, 10/09).
  • All patients managed by CCHP require PA thru CCHP for referral out for the procedure.
  • Medi-Cal patients would have to be referred to UCSF or UCD.


Low Back Pain -
from Dr. Loosli


Lymphedema Clinic for Custom Support Stockings
Phone 510-221-2410
Fax 510-221-2414
  • Fax Referral, Coversheet, Rx
  • 4 week waitlist